Sara Flounders (2023-06-09). A visit to Xinjiang, China / Accomplishments belie U.S. propaganda. workers.org Xinjiang, People's Republic of China U.S. propaganda is powerful. Responding to an increase in U.S. attacks on China, a delegation was organized by the China / U.S. Solidarity Network, which then visited China from May 11 to May 31. Sara Flounders and Arjae Red with Young Pioneers in Urumqi, May . . . |

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marcy Winograd (2023-06-09). The Surprising Pervasiveness of Pro-War Propaganda. fpif.org Editor's note: The war in Ukraine has divided progressives like few other foreign policy issues in recent years. As a platform for progressive internationalism, FPIF has featured a range of viewpoints on the subject. In that spirit, we present this response from CODEPINK — a group that includes longtime collaborators with FPIF and our parent institution, the Institute for Policy Studies — to a recent critique by FPIF director John Feffer entitled " In the Foreign P…

Ben Bartee (2023-06-09). COVID Propaganda Roundup: Pfizer Knew mRNA Shots Sicken Infants in April 2021. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2023-06-08). Why'd The Former NATO Chief Repeat "Russian Propaganda" About Poland Intervening In Ukraine? thealtworld.com The exact same scenario that was previously smeared by the European External Action Service as a "recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative" is now being extended credence by none other than former NATO chief Anders Rasmussen. | Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen

Shawgi Tell (2023-06-09). Charter Schools Are Quintessentially and Irreversibly Private Schools by Design. dissidentvoice.org Despite endless disinformation from charter school promoters that charter schools are public schools, they differ profoundly—legally, organizationally, fiscally, and philosophically—from public schools. They are not the same. The dissimilarities are numerous by design. Calling them "public" 50 times a day does not spontaneously make charter schools public. Nor does receiving public funds automatically make charter …

jacobin (2023-06-08). Roger Waters's Critics Are Smearing Him as Antisemitic. jacobin.com The charges are being elevated by media figures and politicians who detest his advocacy for Palestinian liberation.

People's Dispatch. (2023-06-09). Cuban Official Condemns Wall Street Journal's Claim About Chinese Base. popularresistance.org Cuba's Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío held a press conference on the afternoon of June 8, wherein he rejected accusations leveled by US corporate media giant The Wall Street Journal that the island had reached a "secret" agreement with the Chinese government to establish a spying base. He said the information the WSJ published was "completely dishonest and unfounded". | The report authored by Warren P. Strobel and Gordon Lubold called the alleged agreement a "brash new geopolitical challenge by Beijing to the US" and claimed that the "eavesdropping facility in Cuba, roughly 100 miles from Florid…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-06-09). China emerges as Palestine's biggest friend on the global stage. peoplesworld.org Remarks by China's United Nations Ambassador, Geng Shuang, on the situation in Occupied Palestine on May 24 were impeccable, in terms of their consistency with international law. Compared to the United States' position, which perceives the U.N., and particularly the Security Council, as a battleground to defend Israeli interests, the Chinese political discourse reflects a …

Taya Graham, Stephen Janis (2023-06-09). He was a firefighter. Until Texas sheriffs destroyed his life. therealnews.com Thomas, a Texas firefighter, was driving in Denton County when he was suddenly pulled over by local sheriffs. Despite being completely sober, he quickly found himself railroaded into a DUI charge by police, who claimed he appeared "slow" and "heavy footed." Body camera footage has since revealed that the arresting officers even commented during the arrest that they did not believe Thomas was drunk. So why was Thomas arrested, and what does this reveal about the capricious nature of police power? Police Accountability Report examines the evidence. | Production: Stephen Janis, Taya Graham | Post-Production: S…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-09). Video: Pfizer's "Secret" Report On The Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence Is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. southfront.org Written by Prof Michel Chossudovsky. Originally published on GlobalResearch. The following video interview with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky pertains to the Confidential Pfizer Report released as…

ecns.cn (2023-06-09). Existence of massive first-generation stars with 260 solar masses confirmed. ecns.cn A new study led by Chinese scientists has confirmed the existence of first-generation stars with 260 solar masses for the first time by finding evidence of the existence of pair-instability supernovae (PISNe).

Kit Klarenberg (2023-06-08). British media protected pro-war serial sex pest Nick Cohen for decades. thegrayzone.com Pro-war pundit Nick Cohen's sexual abuse accusations were well-known in British media for years. Yet his friends at the Guardian, Financial Times and Private Eye kept them under wraps while Cohen's lawyers threatened potential accusers. The New York Times has published a devastating investigation revealing that for 20 years, the former Guardian/Observer writer Nick Cohen sexually harassed and abused female journalists with the full knowledge of his employers, coworkers, and British media more widely. What's more, his employers willingly engaged …

Ann Brown (2023-06-09). Malcolm Nance Was Wrong About The Nord Stream Pipeline And Nazis: Why Black America Shouldn't Trust Him On Ukraine. moguldom.com Former MSNBC defense analyst Malcolm Nance frequently offers his analysis of world events. But there have been times when his take doesn't hit. For example, some consider him to be wrong about the Nordstrom Pipeline and Nazis. So why should Black America trust him on his thoughts about the Ukraine war? On September 26, a …

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-06-07). The Subtle Art of Propaganda. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-07). 15 Reasons Why Mass Media Employees Act Like Propagandists. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com If you watch western news media with a critical eye you eventually notice how their reporting consistently aligns with the interests of the US-centralized empire, in almost the same way you'd expect them to if they were government-run propaganda outlets. The New York Times has reliably supported every war the US …

ecns.cn (2023-06-08). China slams UK for hyping up 'secret police stations,' urging it to stop smearing China. ecns.cn China slammed the UK on Wednesday for hyping up the so-called secret police stations rhetoric, and urged the British side to stop spreading disinformation and stop smearing China.

Chris Walker (2023-06-07). Pence Uses LGBTQ Hate and Christian Nationalism to Launch Presidential Bid. truthout.org Former Vice President Mike Pence announced on Wednesday that he's running for president in 2024. Within his announcement, Pence alluded to his Christian faith many times, and included rhetoric as well as imagery that highlighted his Christian nationalist viewpoints. The former vice president, who narrated the political ad, also alluded to his ex-boss, former President Donald Trump, whom he will be… |

Patrick Chura (2023-06-07). 'The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist 75 Years Later': A review. peoplesworld.org This fascinating book doesn't advance just one argument, nor is it uniform in its methods or style. Instead, its eight chapters take fresh and varied approaches to problems old and new—issues of history, politics, culture, and conscience. What holds it all together is author Larry Ceplair's supple wisdom, hard-earned over a long career, about the …

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-06-07). Chomsky and Pollin: Just Transition Can Stop Earth From Becoming Uninhabitable. truthout.org Climate change is "making our planet uninhabitable," said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in late March. Indeed, the threats of the impending climate crisis have become very tangible, and the world's top scientists are warning that the Earth is likely to pass a dangerous temperature threshold very soon unless we act now. Nonetheless, the gap between what is happening to the planet and what… |

Duane Stilwell, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-07). Cuba: Defeat The Blockade Without Waiting For It To Be Lifted. popularresistance.org Havana, Cuba — Over 1,300 delegates from 58 countries, representing 271 organizations, congregated here on May 2 to celebrate the "International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and Anti-Imperialism — 200 Years After the Monroe Doctrine. | "The conference at the Palacio de Convenciones was the closing event in a series of gatherings that, beginning on April 25, brought union activists and other friends of Cuba from outside the island together with workers and other Cuban citizens. | The goal was to acquaint international visitors with the growing systemic difficulties faced by the Cuban people due to t…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-06-08). British media protected pro-war serial sex pest Nick Cohen for decades. thegrayzone.com Pro-war pundit Nick Cohen's sexual abuse accusations were well-known in British media for years. Yet his friends at the Guardian, Financial Times and Private Eye kept them under wraps while Cohen's lawyers threatened potential accusers. The New York Times has published a devastating investigation revealing that for 20 years, the former Guardian/Observer writer Nick Cohen sexually harassed and abused female journalists with the full knowledge of his employers, coworkers, and British media more widely. What's more, his employers willingly engaged …

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-06-08). First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were. popularresistance.org I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your readers while maintaining a straight face and a serious demeanor. You have to suggest the Russians may have exploded a drone over the Kremlin, that they may have blown up their own gas pipeline, that their president is an out-of-touch psychotic, that their soldiers in Ukraine are drunkards using faulty equipment, that they attack with "human hordes" (Orientalism, anyone?) and on and on—all the while affecting the gravitas once associated with the traditional "Timesman." You try it somet…

Duane Stilwell, Black Agenda Report. (2023-06-07). Cuba: Defeat The Blockade Without Waiting For It To Be Lifted. popularresistance.org Havana, Cuba — Over 1,300 delegates from 58 countries, representing 271 organizations, congregated here on May 2 to celebrate the "International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and Anti-Imperialism — 200 Years After the Monroe Doctrine. | "The conference at the Palacio de Convenciones was the closing event in a series of gatherings that, beginning on April 25, brought union activists and other friends of Cuba from outside the island together with workers and other Cuban citizens. | The goal was to acquaint international visitors with the growing systemic difficulties faced by the Cuban people due to t…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-06-08). British media protected pro-war serial sex pest Nick Cohen for decades. thegrayzone.com Pro-war pundit Nick Cohen's sexual abuse accusations were well-known in British media for years. Yet his friends at the Guardian, Financial Times and Private Eye kept them under wraps while Cohen's lawyers threatened potential accusers. The New York Times has published a devastating investigation revealing that for 20 years, the former Guardian/Observer writer Nick Cohen sexually harassed and abused female journalists with the full knowledge of his employers, coworkers, and British media more widely. What's more, his employers willingly engaged …

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-06-08). First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were. popularresistance.org I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your readers while maintaining a straight face and a serious demeanor. You have to suggest the Russians may have exploded a drone over the Kremlin, that they may have blown up their own gas pipeline, that their president is an out-of-touch psychotic, that their soldiers in Ukraine are drunkards using faulty equipment, that they attack with "human hordes" (Orientalism, anyone?) and on and on—all the while affecting the gravitas once associated with the traditional "Timesman." You try it somet…

WSWS (2023-06-07). Paul Krugman's dishonest apologetics for Ukrainian fascism. wsws.org The New York Times published yesterday a column by Paul Krugman dismissing the role of Ukrainian fascists in the mass murder of Jews and Soviet citizens during World War II and minimizing as mere "shadows" their prominence in the present NATO proxy war against Russia.

Anonymous834 (2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware Of Ukrainian Plan To Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The United States had information on a detailed Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines three months before it was bombed, the Washington Post reported on June 6, citing the leaked information published on Discord. The newspaper reported that the CIA learned via a European spy agency last June that a six-person Ukrainian special operations forces team intended to…

Drago Bosnic (2023-06-07). Mainstream Propaganda Finally Admits Trying to Whitewash Openly Nazi Affiliation of Kiev Regime Forces. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-06-07). The Subtle Art of Propaganda. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-07). 15 Reasons Why Mass Media Employees Act Like Propagandists. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com If you watch western news media with a critical eye you eventually notice how their reporting consistently aligns with the interests of the US-centralized empire, in almost the same way you'd expect them to if they were government-run propaganda outlets. The New York Times has reliably supported every war the US …

_____ (2023-06-06). Those 'Dam' Russians… Now They're Flooding Themselves for Propaganda! strategic-culture.org It's not the Russians who are perverse and barbaric. It's the Western regimes and their Nazi terrorist front in Ukraine. | Western media would have its consumers believe that Russians are the most devious, perverse, and self-destructive people on Earth. Following a flood of jaw-dropping, biblical proportions in the Russian-controlled Kherson region this week, the Western media The R…

Patrick Chura (2023-06-07). 'The Hollywood Motion Picture Blacklist 75 Years Later': A review. peoplesworld.org This fascinating book doesn't advance just one argument, nor is it uniform in its methods or style. Instead, its eight chapters take fresh and varied approaches to problems old and new—issues of history, politics, culture, and conscience. What holds it all together is author Larry Ceplair's supple wisdom, hard-earned over a long career, about the …

Mickey Z. (2023-06-06). D-Day = Disinformation Day. dissidentvoice.org June 6, 2023 marks 79 years since the fabled Allied invasion known as "D-Day." Lost amid the annual self-congratulatory orgy is the minor detail that by the time of the D-Day invasion, the Soviets were engaging 80 percent of the German Army on the Eastern Front. Author Alexander Cockburn explained that WWII had already been …

Lowkey (2023-06-06). The Truth About Britain's "Grooming Gangs," with Ella Cockbain. mintpressnews.com The MintPress podcast, "The Watchdog," hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know — including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light on stories largely ignored by the mainstream, corporate media. | The truth can't be racist, wrote British Home Secretary Suella Braverman in April of this year, as she peddled xenophobic and debunked tropes about South Asian men being a particular threat to Briti…

infobrics (2023-06-07). Following Ukraine steps, Poland now uses Russophobia to crush dissent. infobrics.org The specter of anti-Russian nationalism haunts Europe: Russophobic discourse and the rewriting of history is used today both in Ukraine and Poland as a pretext to persecute and even outlaw dissent.

Dana Sanchez (2023-06-06). Fact Check: MAGA Red States Are The Poorest And Least Educated. moguldom.com More than seven years ago, Donald Trump celebrated his 2016 MAGA victory in the Nevada caucuses by famously declaring his love for the poorly educated. "We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated," Trump said on Feb. 23, 2016. The New York Times described the victory as "a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition …

kwjorinoco (2023-06-06). Money Laundering Case Against Argentina's Cristina Fernandez Dismissed. orinocotribune.com The "K money route" case against Cristina Fernández Kirchner was dismissed. | Judge Sebastian Casanello had no choice but to dismiss the case against the Argentinian vice president after prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán admitted that, in the 10 years of a heavily mediatized investigation, he had not found a single item of evidence against the former president. | Judge Sebastián Casanello dismissed Vice President Cristina Fernández Kirchner (CFK) in the so-called "K Money route" case. The judge followed the line of prosecutor Guillermo Marijuán, who after 10 years of having this case in his hands determined that ther…

Andy Kroll (2023-06-06). Clinging Bitterly to Guns and Religion. tomdispatch.com All around us things are falling apart. Collectively, Americans are experiencing national and imperial decline. Can America save itself? Is this country, as presently constituted, even worth saving? For me, that last question is radical indeed. From my early years, I believed deeply in the idea of America. I knew this country wasn't perfect, of course, not even close. Long before the 1619 Project, I was aware of the "original sin" of slavery and how central it was to our history. I also knew about the genocide of Native Americans. (As a teenager, my favorite movie — and so it remains — was Little Big…

Sharon Zhang (2023-06-06). Poll: Support for Gay Marriage Is at All Time High Despite Right-Wing Attacks. truthout.org Conservatives and the far right have been waging a relentless battle to attack the LGBTQ community that has gained steam in recent years — but, despite these often frightening smear campaigns, polling has found that support for gay marriage among the public remains at an all time high. According to Gallup polling conducted last month, 71 percent of Americans say that same sex couples should… |

WSWS (2023-06-07). Paul Krugman's dishonest apologetics for Ukrainian fascism. wsws.org The New York Times published yesterday a column by Paul Krugman dismissing the role of Ukrainian fascists in the mass murder of Jews and Soviet citizens during World War II and minimizing as mere "shadows" their prominence in the present NATO proxy war against Russia.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). US Not Concerned About Ukrainian Attacks in Russia Escalating the War. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported Monday that the Biden administration has "shrugged off" Ukrainian attacks inside Russia as US officials are no longer as concerned about escalation as they were earlier in the war. The report said that during the first year of the war, Biden administration officials worried that if Ukraine hit targets inside …

Editor (2023-06-06). Patrick Lawrence: First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your readers while maintaining a straight face and a serious demeanor. You have to suggest the Russians may have exploded a drone over the Kremlin, that …

Ahmed Adel (2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware of Ukrainian Plan to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). WaPo: US Knew Ukraine Planned to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the US received intelligence in June 2022 about a Ukrainian plot to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline that connects Russia to Germany. The report omitted the fact that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has sources who said President Biden ordered the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. The …

WSWS (2023-06-07). Paul Krugman's dishonest apologetics for Ukrainian fascism. wsws.org The New York Times published yesterday a column by Paul Krugman dismissing the role of Ukrainian fascists in the mass murder of Jews and Soviet citizens during World War II and minimizing as mere "shadows" their prominence in the present NATO proxy war against Russia.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). US Not Concerned About Ukrainian Attacks in Russia Escalating the War. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported Monday that the Biden administration has "shrugged off" Ukrainian attacks inside Russia as US officials are no longer as concerned about escalation as they were earlier in the war. The report said that during the first year of the war, Biden administration officials worried that if Ukraine hit targets inside …

Editor (2023-06-06). Patrick Lawrence: First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your readers while maintaining a straight face and a serious demeanor. You have to suggest the Russians may have exploded a drone over the Kremlin, that …

Ahmed Adel (2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware of Ukrainian Plan to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-06). WaPo: US Knew Ukraine Planned to Attack Nord Stream Pipelines. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the US received intelligence in June 2022 about a Ukrainian plot to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline that connects Russia to Germany. The report omitted the fact that investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has sources who said President Biden ordered the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. The …

Eric A. Gordon (2023-06-05). Blacklisted since 1962, Maltz's 'A Tale of One January' finally published in U.S. peoplesworld.org In Albert Maltz's newly republished novel about certain events that took place in January 1945, six escapees from Auschwitz—two women and four men, each from a different background and country—struggle to find and redefine themselves in their euphoria at being free, even as transient German and Soviet troops are still moving about the vicinity of …

WSWS (2023-06-06). German Chancellor Scholz erupts in militaristic outburst of anger. wsws.org It was not only Scholz's roar that was reminiscent of Hitler, but also the content of what he said.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-06). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

WSWS (2023-06-05). The New York Times and the use of Nazi imagery by Ukrainian troops. wsws.org The New York Times palms off the deep historical and present-day links of Ukrainian nationalism to Nazism and genocide as merely "thorny issues," i.e., a public relations problem for media propagandists, who are trying to sell NATO's proxy war as a struggle for democracy.

Legal Defense Fund. (2023-06-06). LDF's Concerns About Recent Arrest Of Atlanta Solidarity Fund Members. popularresistance.org On May 31, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that law enforcement officials raided the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, arresting and charging three of its staff with charity fraud and money laundering. | In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: | "We are deeply concerned about the apparent targeting of Atlanta Solidarity Fund members, Marlon Kautz, Savannah Patterson, and Adele Maclean, particularly in light of Magistrate Judge James Altman's recent criticism of the evidence presented by the State against them, which he decried as un…

teleSUR (2023-06-05). Judge Suspends Money Laundering Case Against Cristina Fernandez. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Judge Sebastian Casanello decided to dismiss Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner in the case called "The Money Route K" for alleged money laundering. | RELATED: | On May 24, Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan closed a seven-year investigation after determining that there was no evidence to prove a link between Fernandez-Kirchner and businessman Lazaro Baez, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for this crime.

ecns.cn (2023-06-06). Those who seek to smear China by manipulating Xinjiang-related issues will not have their way: FM. ecns.cn A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday said what the Arab League delegation has seen with their own eyes in Xinjiang once again shows that truth will always prevail, and those who seek to smear China by manipulating Xinjiang-related issues will not have their way.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-05). Belgium Asks Ukraine If Belgian Rifles Were Used in Attack on Russia. news.antiwar.com Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Monday that his government is asking Ukraine if Belgian rifles were used by pro-Kyiv fighters in a recent attack on Russia's Belgorod region. De Croo's comments came after US officials told The Washington Post that groups of Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine were armed with US-made armored vehicles …

Staff (2023-06-05). MSNBC Tries To Stop All Primary Candidates. leecamp.com

ecns.cn (2023-06-06). Those who seek to smear China by manipulating Xinjiang-related issues will not have their way: FM. ecns.cn A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday said what the Arab League delegation has seen with their own eyes in Xinjiang once again shows that truth will always prevail, and those who seek to smear China by manipulating Xinjiang-related issues will not have their way.

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-05). Belgium Asks Ukraine If Belgian Rifles Were Used in Attack on Russia. news.antiwar.com Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Monday that his government is asking Ukraine if Belgian rifles were used by pro-Kyiv fighters in a recent attack on Russia's Belgorod region. De Croo's comments came after US officials told The Washington Post that groups of Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine were armed with US-made armored vehicles …

Staff (2023-06-05). MSNBC Tries To Stop All Primary Candidates. leecamp.com

Eric A. Gordon (2023-06-05). Blacklisted since 1962, Maltz's 'A Tale of One January' finally published in U.S. peoplesworld.org In Albert Maltz's newly republished novel about certain events that took place in January 1945, six escapees from Auschwitz—two women and four men, each from a different background and country—struggle to find and redefine themselves in their euphoria at being free, even as transient German and Soviet troops are still moving about the vicinity of …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-04). 15 Reasons Why Mass Media Employees Act Like Propagandists. thealtworld.com

Legal Defense Fund. (2023-06-06). LDF's Concerns About Recent Arrest Of Atlanta Solidarity Fund Members. popularresistance.org On May 31, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that law enforcement officials raided the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, arresting and charging three of its staff with charity fraud and money laundering. | In response, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement: | "We are deeply concerned about the apparent targeting of Atlanta Solidarity Fund members, Marlon Kautz, Savannah Patterson, and Adele Maclean, particularly in light of Magistrate Judge James Altman's recent criticism of the evidence presented by the State against them, which he decried as un…

teleSUR (2023-06-05). Judge Suspends Money Laundering Case Against Cristina Fernandez. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Judge Sebastian Casanello decided to dismiss Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner in the case called "The money route K" for alleged money laundering. | RELATED: | On May 24, prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan closed an investigation that lasted seven years after determining that there was no evidence to prove a link between Fernandez-Kirchner and businessman Lazaro Baez, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison fo…

Dave DeCamp (2023-06-05). Belgium Asks Ukraine If Belgian Rifles Were Used in Attack on Russia. news.antiwar.com Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Monday that his government is asking Ukraine if Belgian rifles were used by pro-Kyiv fighters in a recent attack on Russia's Belgorod region. De Croo's comments came after US officials told The Washington Post that groups of Russian volunteers fighting for Ukraine were armed with US-made armored vehicles …

_____ (2023-06-04). The Mainstream Media's Unwillingness to Challenge U.S. Militarization. strategic-culture.org By Melvin GOODMAN | The Washington Post finally conceded in an editorial last week that the United States must "spend smarter" when it comes to defense. Instead of looking for ways to cut defense spending, however,…

Staff (2023-06-05). MSNBC Tries To Stop All Primary Candidates. leecamp.com

Kim Petersen (2023-06-04). Anticipating Monopoly Media Disinformation Deluge about a Tiananmen Square Massacre. dissidentvoice.org The other day, I counted 20 copies of a book called Forbidden City (1990) in a library. I picked it up and looked at the cover, and I realized it was about the so-called Tiananmen Square massacre. It was written as an on-the-spot account by a CBC news team during that time. By reading the …

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-06-04). Debt Ceiling Hypocrisy: US Boosts Military Budget, Restricts Food Stamps. popularresistance.org The US government reached its debt limit of $31.4 trillion in early 2023. This unleashed a deluge of debate as to whether or not the Treasury was going to default, and how a deeply divided Congress could come to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. | The constant chatter in the mainstream corporate media overlooked the real controversy, however. The reality is that practically no one in Washington truly cares about the US national debt. | In fact, in a bipartisan deal negotiated in late May to raise the debt ceiling, Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin Mc…

WSWS (2023-06-04). Roger Waters faces attacks by Zionists, Labour and Tory politicians as tour hits UK. wsws.org For the German and British ruling class, Waters' "crimes" are that he has repeatedly expressed opposition to the US-NATO-instigated war against Russia in Ukraine—for which he has been smeared as a propagandist for Putin—and his vocal support of the Palestinian people in the face of criminal attacks on them by the State of Israel, for which he is falsely denounced as an anti-Semite.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-04). 15 Reasons Why Mass Media Employees Act Like Propagandists. thealtworld.com

Anonymous834 (2023-06-03). Eric Zuesse: Why Biden Became President. southfront.org Written by What motivated Joe Biden to become U.S. President (other than the standard clichés, which won't even be so much as mentioned here)? | And why was he chosen (by whomever did the choosing) to win that post? | I shall dispense, here, with, ignore, all mere assumptions, and will make my case ONLY on the basis of the actual evidence, which I shall l…

Alan MacLeod (2023-06-03). From Simp to Soldier: How the Military is Using E-Girls to Recruit Gen Z Into Service. orinocotribune.com By Alan MacLeod — April 13, 2023 | Amid a crisis in recruitment, the U.S. military has found a new way of convincing a war-weary Generation Z to enlist: thirst traps. | Chief among these attractive young women in uniform posting sexually suggestive content alongside subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) calls to join up is Hailey Lujan. In between the thirst traps and memes, the 21-year-old makes content extolling the fun of Army life to her 731,000 TikTok followers. "Don't go to college, become a farmer or a soldier instead," she instructs viewers in a recent video. "Just some advice for the younger people:…

_____ (2023-06-04). The Mainstream Media's Unwillingness to Challenge U.S. Militarization. strategic-culture.org By Melvin GOODMAN | The Washington Post finally conceded in an editorial last week that the United States must "spend smarter" when it comes to defense. Instead of looking for ways to cut defense spending, however,…

infobrics (2023-06-02). Ukrainian counteroffensive increasingly discredited. infobrics.org Even among Ukrainian journalists, there is criticism of Kiev's propaganda.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-02). Trump Is Bad Because He's Similar To Other US Presidents, Not Because He's Different. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | We're already seeing a ton of ridiculous drama queenery about Trump's second presidential run, claiming he's grown even more extremist and fascistic than when he was president in what amounts to a repeat of the "Trump is a second Hitler" narrative that dominated US political discourse in his first run. | A Washington Post article titled "

Wei Ling Chua (2023-06-02). Anticipating Monopoly Media Disinformation Deluge About a Tiananmen Square Massacre. globalresearch.ca

CounterSpin (2023-06-02). Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action. fair.org CounterSpin230602.mp3 NBC ( This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media have never been the right place to look for thoughtful, inclusive consideration of affirmative action. For them it's an "issue," a political football, rather than a long effort to address the real historical and ongoing discrimination against non-white, non-male people in multiple aspects of US life. | But when it comes to the role that anti-discrimination, pro-equity efforts have had on Asian-A…

Brett Wilkins (2023-06-02). Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers. nationofchange.org "The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."

Chris Wright (2023-06-02). Love of Freedom Defines the Political Left, Not the Right. dissidentvoice.org Political discourse in the United States consists largely of lies and confusions. One of the greatest of lies and confusions, which I hope to help dispel in this article, is the common delimitation of the very concepts "left" and "right": it is claimed that to be on the right is to value freedom above all—this …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-02). The Biggest Problem With The Western Left Is That It Doesn't Exist. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The biggest problem with the western left is that it doesn't exist. | To look at a lot of leftist discourse today you might think the left's biggest problem is that some leftists have the wrong beliefs about this or that issue, or that the left pays too much or not enough attention to identity politics, or places too much or not enough emphasis on electoral politics, or is too sympathetic toward enemies of the US empire or not sympathetic enough, or that this or that faction gets it all wrong — but it's not. The biggest problem is that there a…

Anonymous834 (2023-06-03). Eric Zuesse: Why Biden Became President. southfront.org Written by What motivated Joe Biden to become U.S. President (other than the standard clichés, which won't even be so much as mentioned here)? | And why was he chosen (by whomever did the choosing) to win that post? | I shall dispense, here, with, ignore, all mere assumptions, and will make my case ONLY on the basis of the actual evidence, which I shall l…

Alan MacLeod (2023-06-03). From Simp to Soldier: How the Military is Using E-Girls to Recruit Gen Z Into Service. orinocotribune.com By Alan MacLeod — April 13, 2023 | Amid a crisis in recruitment, the U.S. military has found a new way of convincing a war-weary Generation Z to enlist: thirst traps. | Chief among these attractive young women in uniform posting sexually suggestive content alongside subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) calls to join up is Hailey Lujan. In between the thirst traps and memes, the 21-year-old makes content extolling the fun of Army life to her 731,000 TikTok followers. "Don't go to college, become a farmer or a soldier instead," she instructs viewers in a recent video. "Just some advice for the younger people:…

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-06-02). The War We're Finally Allowed To See. popularresistance.org As astute readers will already know, apart from a few staged forays near the front lines—officially controlled and monitored, never at the front lines—correspondents from The New York Times, the other big dailies, the wire services, and the broadcast networks have accepted without protest the Kyiv regime's refusal to allow them to see the war as it is. Content these professional slovens have been to sit in Kyiv hotel rooms and file stories based on the regime's transparently unreliable accounts of events, all the while pretending their stories are properly reported and factual. The exceptions here are…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-02). Ukrainian Counteroffensive Increasingly Discredited. southfront.org Illustrative ImageEven among Ukrainian journalists, there is criticism of Kiev's propaganda. | Written by In the midst of the catastrophic situation of the Ukrainian armed forces, which are more and more losing territory and relying solely on terrorism as a combat tool, it is inevitable that the potential of the so-called "spring counteroffensive" be questioned. Weste…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-06-02). Trump Is Bad Because He's Similar To Other US Presidents, Not Because He's Different. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | We're already seeing a ton of ridiculous drama queenery about Trump's second presidential run, claiming he's grown even more extremist and fascistic than when he was president in what amounts to a repeat of the "Trump is a second Hitler" narrative that dominated US political discourse in his first run. | A Washington Post article titled "

Wei Ling Chua (2023-06-02). Anticipating Monopoly Media Disinformation Deluge About a Tiananmen Square Massacre. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty (2023-06-01). They Censored at the Behest of the White House: Alleged "Anti-Vaccine Disinformation on Social Media Platforms" globalresearch.ca

Kit Klarenberg (2023-06-01). Troubling questions surround BBC 'disinformation correspondent' Marianna Spring. thegrayzone.com Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC's first "disinformation correspondent." But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project. The launch of BBC Verify, "a new brand to address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences by transparently showing how BBC journalists know the information they are reporting," has raised questions about whether the …

CounterSpin (2023-06-02). Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action. fair.org CounterSpin230602.mp3 NBC ( This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media have never been the right place to look for thoughtful, inclusive consideration of affirmative action. For them it's an "issue," a political football, rather than a long effort to address the real historical and ongoing discrimination against non-white, non-male people in multiple aspects of US life. | But when it comes to the role that anti-discrimination, pro-equity efforts have had on Asian-A…

Brett Wilkins (2023-06-02). Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers. nationofchange.org "The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-01). Fake News Alert: Did President Maduro's Security Attack a Journalist in Brazil? orinocotribune.com A new fake news operation was launched on some social media platforms by local and international far-right outlets regarding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's visit to Brazil, when a journalist working for said outlets falsely spread the idea that President Maduro's security team supposedly attacked a Brazilian journalist. | The event was reported this Tuesday night, May 30, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília—the building housing the Brazilian Foreign Ministry—at the end of the Summit of South American Presidents, called for by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At the end of the summ…

Staff (2023-06-01). Samidoun Sweden: Response to the anti-Palestinian smear campaigns against Jamal El-Haj. samidoun.net Samidoun Sweden issued the following statement (original in Swedish) in response to an anti-Palestinian smear campaign in Swedish media targeting Palestinians in Sweden, the Palestinians in Europe Conference, and political figures attending the mass event: In the past few days, there have been reports of the participation of the Swedish-Palestinian Social Democratic MP Jamal El-Haj …

_____ (2023-06-01). Far-Right Ukrainian Canadian Congress Urges Trudeau Government to Censor Anti-war Meetings and Activists. strategic-culture.org By James CLAYTON | The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is holding a meeting in Montreal this Thursday evening titled "The war in Ukraine and how to stop it." The meeting details are as follows: | Montreal: Thursday, April 13, at 6: 30 p.m. | Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) | Pavillon Hubert-Aquin, local A-2835 (2e étage) | 400 Sainte-Catherine Est, H2L 2C5 (Near Métro Berri-UQAM) | * * * | The far-right nationalist Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) is pressing the federal government to censor and suppress anti-war meetings and actions on the basis of the fraudulent smear they co…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-05-31). Most propaganda looks nothing like this. mronline.org The most common articles of propaganda—and by far the most consequential—are not the glaring, memorable instances that live in infamy among the critically minded.

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty (2023-06-01). They Censored at the Behest of the White House: Alleged "Anti-Vaccine Disinformation on Social Media Platforms" globalresearch.ca

Kit Klarenberg (2023-06-01). Troubling questions surround BBC 'disinformation correspondent' Marianna Spring. thegrayzone.com Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC's first "disinformation correspondent." But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project. The launch of BBC Verify, "a new brand to address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences by transparently showing how BBC journalists know the information they are reporting," has raised questions about whether the …

Betsey Piette (2023-05-31). Corporate media whitewashes book-banning hate group 'Moms for Liberty'. workers.org A recent Washington Post analysis of book challenges in the U.S. gave the book-banning draconian hate group Moms for Liberty (M4L) the white-glove treatment. Demonstrators outside Moms for Liberty summit in Tampa, Florida in 2022. On May 23,…

Editor (2023-05-31). Colorado River water deal: a bandaid or real progress? mronline.org The recent Colorado River water deal reached between the three lower basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada is being celebrated by the corporate media as "historic," although final approval by the Department of Interior is still pending.

Ana Perdigón (2023-06-01). Fake News Alert: Did President Maduro's Security Attack a Journalist in Brazil? orinocotribune.com A new fake news operation was launched on some social media platforms by local and international far-right outlets regarding Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's visit to Brazil, when a journalist working for said outlets falsely spread the idea that President Maduro's security team supposedly attacked a Brazilian journalist. | The event was reported this Tuesday night, May 30, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília—the building housing the Brazilian Foreign Ministry—at the end of the Summit of South American Presidents, called for by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. At the end of the summ…

Roselena Ramirez (2023-05-31). The Ordeal of Wrongfully Convicted People in the USA. america.cgtn.com Since 1989, over 3,000 people have been exonerated from prison sentences in the United States after evidence proved they were innocent. But how hard is it for wrongfully convicted people to rebuild their lives? Dan Williams reports.

Staff (2023-06-01). Samidoun Sweden: Response to the anti-Palestinian smear campaigns against Jamal El-Haj. samidoun.net Samidoun Sweden issued the following statement (original in Swedish) in response to an anti-Palestinian smear campaign in Swedish media targeting Palestinians in Sweden, the Palestinians in Europe Conference, and political figures attending the mass event: In the past few days, there have been reports of the participation of the Swedish-Palestinian Social Democratic MP Jamal El-Haj …